There was a fight at Pingbaihou, and many men in black were left behind. They fell to the ground in a mess, and the blood stained the ground red, and the soil in the gaps between the stone slabs was red.
In the dark night, the storm seemed to become much more violent.
The other party saw that the situation was not good, Chen Qi disappeared again, and the remaining people simply ran away.
Pingcheng and his men were about to catch up, but were stopped by Pingbaihou.
Pingcheng: "Brother, don't you chase me?!"
Ping Baihou gritted his teeth and said, "Look for Chen Qi first."
Pingcheng said: "Then they took Chen Qi away, right? What should we do?!"
Ping Baihou said: "No, they just wanted to kill Chen Qi. As long as Chen Qi is dead, why go to such trouble to kidnap someone else? The person who kidnapped Chen Qi must be someone else."
Pingcheng thought about it and felt that it made sense, and then heard Pingbai Hou say: "You take people to find it first. I will go to see the prince first and ask the prince to send more people to look for it."
Pingcheng wiped the rain from his face: "But brother, if the prince finds out about this, you and I will definitely not be in trouble."
Ping Baihou said: "We can't worry about that anymore. Let's get Chen Qi back first."
Ping Baihou now doesn't care what the consequences will be if King Sui finds out about this matter. The most important thing is to get Chen Qi back first.
"yes, Sir!"
The rain gradually stopped in the second half of the night, and I don't know how many passers-by were looking for traces of Chen Qi tonight. The entire imperial city was almost searched, but no one found any trace of Chen Qi.
Chen Qi didn't even dare to sleep that night, for fear that someone would touch his neck as soon as he fell asleep and he would never wake up again.
He looked at the young man opposite. In the dark night, he lit an oil lamp and slowly read a book in his hand. He looked like a young man studying, and also like a knight hiding in the dark. The killer comes and goes without a trace.
There was still excitement and noise not far outside the house. Occasionally, a girl's smile and a man's laughter could be heard. After listening for a while, Chen Qi could probably imagine that he was in a certain place.
Time passed bit by bit, and the heavy rain outside stopped completely. After a while, there were some bright colors on the horizon. The bright colors slowly expanded, and the sky became brighter and brighter.
A bell rang in the imperial city, and it was time for the court meeting again.
Hundreds of officials wore official uniforms, stepped through the water on the ground, and entered the Taiji Hall one after another. Some of them even gathered together and whispered about Qingzhou. It was said that the emperor ordered the sealing of the East Palace and ordered people to go to Qingzhou to arrest them. The current president is Sun Fuyin of Qingzhou.
The official who spoke out was extremely indignant and felt that he would definitely remonstrate directly and ask your Majesty to deal with it impartially and punish the prince.
The officials waited and waited, but did not wait for the emperor's arrival. The last person who hurried over was King Zhao. He stood in front of the officials, straightened his face, and then said: "Your Majesty is ill today and ordered me to preside over the court meeting. Everyone, If you have anything, sir, you can talk to me."
After Baiguan heard this, what he originally wanted to say suddenly choked in his throat.
The emperor is not here. What can he say? Should he let King Zhao make the decision to punish the prince? !
"How is your Majesty?!"
"How is your Majesty's health?!"
King Zhao said: "Everyone, please be patient. Your Majesty is in good health, but he needs to rest for a few days. I will be in charge of the matters in the court these days. If you have anything to report, please leave."
The emperor has always trusted King Zhao, and King Zhao has never done anything to harm the court. He handles affairs very properly. If the emperor has anything to do, he will assign it to King Zhao.
Therefore, the officials were not surprised when the emperor was ill and asked King Zhao to come out to preside over the government.
Some officials reported their affairs, gave the memorial to King Zhao, and then dispersed. The Sui King's party and the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate originally wanted to talk about the prince's affairs, but the emperor was not there, and King Zhao could not do anything about the prince. Lord, these individuals had no choice but to hand over the memorial and then left reluctantly.
King Zhao thought, fortunately the emperor had the foresight. If he had come today, he would have been troubled by the noise, especially the officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who were extremely difficult to deal with and would give in to him at every turn.
King Zhao appeased the officials and accepted the memorials handed over by them today. As soon as he left the gate of Taiji Hall, he saw King Sui waiting for him at the foot of the steps. King Zhao walked down and King Sui stepped forward.
"Uncle Emperor."
King Zhao stopped to talk to him: "It's Lao Wu, what's the matter?!"
King Zhao and King Sui are both princes now. King Zhao is also the uncle of King Sui. He is an elder. Naturally, he deserves the respect of King Sui and dares to call him "Laowu".
King Sui said: "My nephew wants to ask my uncle, how is my father? Yesterday, Tai Chi Palace invited an imperial doctor, and my nephew is very worried."
Yesterday, Taiji Palace invited an imperial doctor. King Sui and his other sons all wanted to visit, but they were all blocked from the door. Only King Zhao went in.
King Zhao said: "It's nothing, just rest for a few days and you'll be fine."
King Sui said: "In this way, my nephew will feel relieved."
King Zhao said: "You are determined."
King Sui asked a few questions about the emperor's health, then said goodbye and left. As for the prince's affairs, although he wanted to ask, he also knew that if the words got into the ears of King Zhao, his father would definitely know about it, and he might not know for sure at that time. After thinking about how to think of him, it would be better not to ask.
Chen Qi disappeared last night, so Pingbaihou went to Prince Sui's Mansion. When King Sui learned about it, he became furious and almost drew his sword and chopped off Pingbaihou.
Ping Baihou originally took over the matter because he wanted to make a contribution, but he didn't want to cause such a thing, so he was helpless.
In the Qingzhou case, Chen Qi was the victim and a key figure. If Chen Qiyi died, even if there was evidence but no witness, the prince could choose anyone to take the blame.
However, King Sui sent people to search for him all night, but there was no sign of Chen Qi, and he did not know whether he was dead or alive. Because of this, King Sui was very upset and couldn't help himself.
Not long after dawn, Chen Qi was sent to the door of Dali Temple. The man said goodbye and turned around to leave. Chen Qi didn't even have time to say thank you, and he couldn't even see the figure.
Dali Temple had just opened its doors, and I was startled when I saw the person standing at the door.
Chen Qi looked really embarrassed. After being taken away last night, he had changed into clean clothes. Out of caution, he did not dare to drink even half of the water for fear that the food in his mouth would be poisonous.
"Who are you?!"
"Chen Qi, I promised to come today."
"Chen Qi?!" Yesterday, Chen Qi's lawsuit against the prince caused a sensation in the entire imperial city. The people in Dali Temple naturally knew about Chen Qi. Anyone who came to look at Chen Qi or the sky outside was confused.
"It's not the time to review the case yet. Your Excellency hasn't returned from court yet."
